Slide 1

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 2

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 3

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 4

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 5

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 6

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 7

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 8

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 9

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 10

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 11

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
•

Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

•

Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

•

Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

•

Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

•

LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
•

Current data for Out-of-State displacements

•

Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

•

Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

•

Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

•

Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]


Slide 12

Transitioning Students Into
Public Schools and
Communities
Office of Institutional
Educational Programs

VISION
Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of
students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens,
thus creating safer communities.

MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to
school, employment, and to life in their communities as
responsible, productive citizens.

Juvenile Centers
Correctional
•

Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)

•

Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional,
Females)

•

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)

•

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention Male/Female)

•

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males,
Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

Juvenile Centers
Juvenile and Diagnostic
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Donald R. Kuhn
Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

Juvenile Centers
Human Service Institutions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

Office of Institutional Education Programs
Demographics
 Personnel
o 265 Full-time employees
o 110 Part-time employees

 41 schools statewide (21
juvenile, 20 adult)
 Approximately 9,500
students served per year
(adult and juvenile)
 10th largest district in state

Melanie Hummel - PT

Hancock

Shelia Elliott- PT

Brooke

Cindy Thompson

Ohio

Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT

Marshall

Jessica Griffin – Out
of State Transitions

Wetzel

Mason

Wayne

Monongalia

Morgan
Marion
Preston
Tyler
Berkeley
Mineral
Pleasants
Taylor
Hampshire
Jefferson
Doddridge Harrison
Wood
Ritchie
Barbour
Tucker
Grant
Wirt
Hardy
Lewis
Gilmer
Upshur
Jackson
Calhoun
Randolph
Roane
Braxton
Pendleton

Michele Perozich

Putnam
Cabell

WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist
Coverage

Webster

Clay
Kanawha

Wendy Wolford
Nicholas

Pocahontas

Lincoln
Boone

Penny Strother

Fayette
Greenbrier

Logan

Raleigh

McDowell

Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

Mingo
Wyoming

Eric Sandstrom

Summers
Mercer

Monroe

OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE
304-558-8833

EMAIL
[email protected]

COUNTIES

Jessica Griffin

Office of Institutional Ed

Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-033

Shelia Elliott

Pressley Ridge @ White Oak

2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV 26180

304-679-5239

[email protected]

Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie

Brenda Elmore

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers

Melanie Hummel

Northern Regional

1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

304-233-9506

[email protected]

Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler

Tonya Johnson

Tiger Morton

60 Manfred Holland Way
Dunbar, WV 25064

304-766-3502

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Tonya Johnson

Donald R. Kuhn

1 Lory Place – Julian, WV

304-369-2987

[email protected]

Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo

Eric Sandstrom

Board of Child Care

715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV 25404

304-267-3309

[email protected]

Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire

Rachel Stewart

Beckley Center

4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV 25801

304-250-6570

[email protected]

Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer,
Calhoun

Penny Strother

Elkins Mountain School

100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV 26241

304-637-0313

[email protected]

Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor

Cindy Thompson

Pressley Ridge @ Grant Gardens

2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV 25545

304-743-3974

[email protected]

Michele Perozich

Academy Programs

5 Crosswind Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554

304-363-3348

[email protected]

Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge,
Lewis

Wendy Wolford

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein

141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV 26260

304-259-5252

[email protected]

Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral

Cynthia Hartwiger

Davis-Stuart

RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV 24901

304-647-5407

[email protected]

Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

AND

Out of State Transition for all 55 counties

Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Lincoln

Assessments
Accountability
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Standard End of Year Assessment
TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
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Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic
and behavioral records.

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Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students'
continuity of care.

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Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.

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Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary
aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.

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LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

Out-of-State Transition
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Current data for Out-of-State displacements

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Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with
Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and
DHHR staff

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Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to
notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for
treatment and when the student is returning

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Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will
grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student
assessments/records

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Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

For More Information
Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
[email protected]
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Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition
Programs
[email protected]
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Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and
Technical Education Officer
[email protected]